Leydis Yaneth Cruz, 43, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for possessing more than three pounds of fentanyl for distribution.
SAN FRANCISCO — A woman who was arrested and charged with distributing fentanyl in the Bay Area, along with other members of her family, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison, court records show.
The prosecution was made as part of a federal operation known as the Federal Initiative in the Tenderloin, or FIT. It is one that came in response to continually spiking fentanyl overdose deaths — the drug killed more than twice as many people in the United States as firearms last year. The program has been criticized by San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin as a means of circumventing sanctuary city laws, since many of those prosecuted end up being deported.
Cruz’s attorney, George Boisseau, wrote in court records that Cruz was a “not good” drug dealer who accepts she made a mistake. He said Cruz has now been separated from her daughter and may never see her again.
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